Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcus Meissner <> | Subject | Re: X-Windows | Date | Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:22:03 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> > >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Salinardi <csalin01@kepler.poly.edu> writes: > > Chris> Lately, while in X I have been having keyboard and mouse > Chris> lockups. The mouse cursor moves, but none of the clicks do > Chris> anything. I can shut the system down from another machine, but > Chris> I can't get my machine to do anything. So far it's only > Chris> happened while running Netscape 2.01, but there was a time, > Chris> (somewhere between 1.3.85 - 1.3.88) where Netscape couldn't > Chris> have worked any better. I don't want to put all the blame on > Chris> the kernel, but just wanted to know if anyone else is having > Chris> this problem. The system doesn't give any strange messages > Chris> either. Anybody have an idea why this is happening? > > I've had this problem as well, and it's almost certainly a netscape > thing. It always seems to happen if my finger slips and I open and > close a menu item too quickly at the wrong time. Presumably, Netscape > is doing a global pointer grab and then forgetting about it. I wonder > if it happens on other unices?
It does it on HPUX too. Netscape problem.
Marcus
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